AVIATION NEWS

Flying has obtained information from a law enforcement source about the federal program that detains pilots upon their arrival at their destination airports and searches their airplanes. Read More...

Off to the Land Down Under with Civil Air Patrol

Waconia Patriot

Our group traveling to Australia included cadets from Texas, Nebraska, Missouri, Connecticut, and Minnesota, including a Senior Member Escort from Pennsylvania. From San Francisco, our group of six headed for Australia after a short flight to Los Angeles....
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More about the Wellstones’ Oct. 25, 2002, plane crash

Duluth News Tribune

What caused the crash?
A yearlong investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a cascading series of mistakes by the pilots flying the twin-engine plane carrying U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone and five other passengers was responsible for the fatal crash. Read More...